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More than 72 million wearable devices will be shipped in 2015, marking a year-on-year growth of 173.3 per cent, according to a forecast from IDC. A compound annual growth rate of 42.6 per cent is expected for the five year …

The number of third-party apps designed for wearables is expected to grow strongly in the next four years from 2,500 at the end of 2014 to 349,000 in 2019, while Apple will have a “considerable” impact on the market, according …

Demand for tablets in Australia dropped 20 per cent last year as the saturated market was further impacted by the entry of larger-screen iPhone and Android smartphones as well as a range of wearable devices. Analyst firm Telsyte estimates that …

Google is working on adding support for iPhones to its Android Wear platform, so that makers of wearables using the OS can look to offer devices to Apple smartphone owners. According to The Verge, at the current stage of development …

Vendors will ship 45.7 million wearable devices in 2015, up “a strong 133.4 per cent” from the 19.6 million units delivered in 2014, according to IDC. The company noted factors including new vendors, new devices, and greater end-user awareness. By …

China sportswear maker Li Ning is working with smartphone vendor Xiaomi to introduce affordable running shoes with “smart” chips that connect to a mobile app and let runners monitor and analyse their runs. Li Ning, which has seen its fortunes …

The US chip giant unveiled its Curie wearable module at CES 2015, based on its Quark SoC and intended for the nascent wearables market. However, with a bunch of ARM-based wearables already launched at the show, Intel is once more playing catch-up in mobile.

LIVE FROM CES 2015: Brian Krazanich, CEO of Intel, took to the keynote stage at CES2015 to describe the coming year as an “important turning point” when new technologies will change the way we interact with devices, using the term “Computing …